Top Idolatry Quotes

We have glorified wealth and freedom so much that it is impossible for most of us to truly believe that a man can truly be happy in a shack or within the confines of a prison cell.

Your god, sir, is the World. In my eyes, you, too, if not an infidel, are an idolater. I conceive that you ignorantly worship: in all things you appear to me too superstitious. Sir, your god, your gre...

Idolatry Definition

(n.) The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods.

(n.) Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration.

It has always been dangerous to institutionalize hope, and we no longer live in a society in which we will be allowed to institutionalize memory.

Possibly the most debilitating deception of all is to create a god of my own making, fool myself into believing that this limp god of mine is the true God, and then construct the entirety of my life o...

Of England's patrician class, the author writes: It was easy to be agreeable when everything was done to keep them in comfort and ease.

Spiritual power and spiritual authority notoriously shade over into both politics and poetry.

Admirations are never paid in any way, try to make yourself of what you admire, and it will pay you with originality.

The point that I think myself to be so terribly clever is the precise point at which I am beginning to think myself to be god-like, which causes me to become God-less.

Purge me from every sinful blot;My idols all be cast aside: Cleanse me from every evil thought,From all the filth of self and pride.The hatred of the carnal mind Out of my flesh at once remove:Give me...

Could it be that desire for a good thing has become a bad thing because that desire has become a ruling thing?

If you do not worship God, you worship something, and nine times out of ten it will be yourself. You have a duty to worship God, not because He will be imperfect and unhappy if you do not, but because...

The author says one patrician English leader saw his relationship with the populace thusly: He wasn't responsible TO them. He was responsible FOR them. He was responsible for their care.

Since Genesis 3 we have been addicted to setting our sights on something, someone, smaller than Jesus.

While it lasts, the religion of worshiping oneself is the best.

You are believing not in your god but in yourself if your god knows no better than you do...and yet, in this alone, I am afraid, you have already been fooling yourself.

The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.

If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciproc

The more we listen to the voices of others, voices unlike our own, the more we remain open to the transcendent forces that save us from idolatry. The more we listen to ourselves, the more we create Go...

Where do people...and why do people...have to wait, and what tends to happen when they do? So far, I have one observation to offer. It seems that waiting is a crucible. It tests us. It's when God's pe...

The denigration of those we love always detaches us from them in some degree. Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers.